Category: Soldiers
Vecna BEAR robot.
Robot that will extract wounded troops from the battlefield. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, August 9th, 2006.
Personal powdered blood packs.
Freeze-dried blood being developed for battlefield transfusions that soldiers will carry in their personal supplies. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, July 25th, 2006.
Unique Signature Detection Project.
DARPA-funded project that aims to develop technology for soldiers to identify high-level-of-interest persons by chemosignals emanating from body scent. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, June 6th, 2006.
ASSIST.
Sensors which are designed to capture and record a soldier’s combat movements and encounters.
Post date: Wednesday, May 17th, 2006.
UltraCell XX25.
Methanol fuel cell designed for the military that generates portable wireless power.
Post date: Wednesday, March 8th, 2006.
eXtended Range Electro-Muscular Projectile.
Taser manufacturer develops electric shock system delivered by 12-gauge shotgun shells. (via)
Post date: Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006.
Radar Scope.
Handheld military device that can sense movement through 12 inches of concrete. (via)
Post date: Friday, January 6th, 2006.
Monkey business.
Stalin tried breeding apes with soldiers to create an invincible mutant Red Army. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, December 20th, 2005.
Aluminum oxynitride.
US Military is developing see-through aluminum armor. (via)
Post date: Tuesday, October 18th, 2005.
Navy seals.
Armed dolphins, trained by the US Navy to shoot terrorists and pinpoint spies underwater, may be missing in the Gulf of Mexico. (via)
Post date: Monday, September 26th, 2005.
Hot Eagle.
The Air Force and DARPA are studying options for a reusable space vehicle that could place a squad of Marines halfway across the globe within 2 hours. (via)
Post date: Monday, September 19th, 2005.
Bat rope.
British scientists have invented a high-speed rope that allows climbing of high buildings or cliffs at more than 10 feet a second. (via)
Post date: Sunday, September 18th, 2005.






